Show notes
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss MLB’s clearing of Shohei Ohtani and banning of five other players for betting on baseball (including Tucupita Marcano’s permaban), touching on MLB’s culpability (or lack thereof), gambling ads, the future, and more. Then (39:32) they banter about the latest instance of Tommy Pham going aggro, which demotion is more surprising, Spencer Torkelson’s or Edouard Julien’s, leaguewide parity and a purported lack of good teams, a Garrett Crochet trade rumor, a memorable Brewers-Phillies game, a skills competition at the Futures Game, the Rangers’ resistance to Pride Night (1:16:18), a suggested Kyle Tucker nickname, a Reed Garrett update, a decrease in position-player pitching, why mid-PA pitching changes haven’t caught on, and SABR’s new determination about which Negro Leagues were major-league quality.Audio intro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Davy Andrews, “Edouard Julien, Are You Gonna Rule Again?”Link to MLBTR on OhtaniLink to MLB bans press releaseLink to Marcano MaMLLink to Baumann on the banLink to 2015 Cosart storyLink to naming rights storyLink to regulation article 1Link to regulation article 2Link to regulation article 3Link to regulation article 4Link to regulation article 5Link to Weaver on PhamLink to latest Pham playLink to Statcast on the sendLink to 2022 Pham playLink to Pham-Pederson disputeLink to Pham wikiLink to Pham tweetLink to Pham on the MetsLink to Pham in AZ info 1Link to Pham in AZ info 2Link to Dan S. on Tork/JulienLink to preseason Julien postLink to preseason projectionsLink to MLBTR on SuwinskiLink to Sam tweetLink to Sheehan on the ALCLink to end of Pac-12 baseballLink to indy Oregon teamLink to Ben on team mediocrityLink to EW on team mediocrityLink to Ben on Morgan quotesLink to FJMLink to Crochet rumorLink to Hoskins/Dahl gameLink to skills comp infoLink to KBO bunt derby clipLink to Levi on the website sloganLink to Levi on Pride NightLink to Ghiroli on Pride NightLink to AP on Pride NightLink to LAT on Pride NightLink to Rob Mains on PPPLink to article on TuckerLink to Clemens on mid-PA changesLink to Ben L. on mid-PA changesLink to SABR on the Negro LeaguesLink to Lester/Thorn on EWLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Twitter Account EW Subreddit Effectively Wild Wiki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.comvar SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {});Source